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Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge

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Crosses
  
Yangtze River

Width
  
34.0 m (112 ft)

Opened
  
24 December 2012

Location
  
Nanjing

Bridge type
  
Suspension bridge

Design
  
Suspension bridge

Height
  
229 m (751 ft)

Total length
  
5,437 m

Province
  
Jiangsu

Body of water
  
Yangtze

Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge

Carries
  
G2501 Nanjing Ring Expressway

Locale
  
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Address
  
G25 Changshen Expy, Luhe Qu, Nanjing Shi, Jiangsu Sheng, China

Similar
  
Third Nanjing Yangtze, Second Nanjing Yangtze, Runyang Yangtze River Brid, Dashengguan Yangtze River Brid, Taizhou Yangtze River Brid

The Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River in Nanjing, China. The bridge is the sixth longest span in the world and the third largest in China.

Jiangsu province's first suspension bridge, it lies 10 km downstream of the second Yangtze River Bridge. The bridge connects Hengliang town, a section of Nanjing Raoyue, Nanjing-Nantong Highway, Hongguang village, towns like Long Pao, Xianling and Qilin in Jiangning District, and a section of Raoyue and Shanghai-Nanjing Highway.

The 4th Nanjing Yangtze twin-tower bridge fashioned after standard expressway, boasts dual six-lane carriageway designed to maintain a 100–125 km an hour traffic.

References

Fourth Nanjing Yangtze Bridge Wikipedia